trinket

Example Sentences

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In other years, she and her friends might have exchanged earrings or other trinkets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Local tribes in the Darién Gap in modern-day Panama weren’t impressed with the trinkets the Scottish sailors brought to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal

But one arrogant line from the third season finale, "The Return," stands out enough to mean something: "Mandalorians are weak once they lose their trinkets."

From Salon

Once you are across the bridge onto Saint Helena Island, S.C., trinket shops and strip malls give way to fishing shacks and saltwater marshes.

From Scientific American

Migrants here accuse Mexican officials of harassing or needlessly arresting them, sometimes raiding hotels and hostels or detaining them on the streets, where many sell trinkets, food and other items.

From Los Angeles Times